Fuji Oozx Inc.

Makoto Adegawa

Akiyoshi Mori

Haruki Kobayashi

A poppet valve moves up and down in a valve operating mechanism in an internal combustion engine. A cylindrical fixed electrode is fixed to a support plate on a cylinder head, and a cylindrical moving electrode is mounted to the lower surface of a valve spring retainer which is mounted to the poppet valve via a cotter. The fixed electrode is connected to a circuit which comprises a variable condenser and a resistance. The valve moves up and down during firing operation of the engine. Thus, variation in electrostatic capacity is detected by the two electrodes, transmitted to a circuit via a lead mounted to the fixed electrode, and converted to a voltage by the circuit, thereby detecting valve position exactly.

Valve position detector

A poppet valve moves up and down in a valve operating mechanism in an internal combustion engine. A fixed electrode is supported on a cylinder head, and a moving electrode is carried by the poppet valve. The fixed electrode is connected to a circuit, which together comprises a variable condenser and a resistance. The valve moves up and down during firing operation of the engine. Variation in electrostatic capacitance is detected by means of the two electrodes, transmitted to the circuit via a lead and a ground connection, and converted to a voltage by the circuit, thereby enabling detecting valve position more exactly.

An intake valve in an internal combustion engine comprises a valve stem and a valve head and moves up and down. On either of contact surfaces between the valve stem and a valve guide, annular and elongate grooves are formed to communicate with an intake port at the lower end. Lubricating oil invaded into a gap between the valve stem and the valve guide goes down through the grooves, gets out of the valve guide and adhere onto the valve head in the intake port. The oil on the valve head is washed down by fuel injected from a fuel injector.

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Kawasaki, Japan

Makoto Adegawa